While waiting very briefly for a radiation treatment, a fellow cancer patient next to me in the waiting room commented, “Boy, they really click us through here.” He certainly was right, I was called right at my appointed time and,…
Tax system is a question of imperfect balance
In any tax system there are inherent tradeoffs, winners and losers. Taxpayers are quick to challenge any aspects unfair to them but slow to acknowledge features of the system that give them special favors. Any system must balance administrative workability,…
The eurozone meets Bedford Falls, as financial panic threatens
If you want to understand how the slow-motion train wreck called the euro system will play out, revisit the classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Remember the run-on-the bank scene? Now realize that there is no Jimmy Stewart character who…
U.S. needs to steer its youth toward better jobs
At a time of 8.2 percent unemployment and millions out of work in the U.S., how could an estimated 600,000 highly placed technical jobs remain unfilled for lack of qualified applicants? The answer may lie in the changing structure and…